On Monday night Feb. 27, the Mérida carnival was a regional sample of Yucatecan culture.

The colorful carnival costumes, outfits and masks were left behind for one night to give way to the modern mestizas and elegant gentlemen who wore their best typical Yucatecan attire along the four kilometers of the route in the Plaza Carnival of Merida.

Francisco Rosado Solis, king of the Mérida Carnival 2017, said: “Today is a carnival, today is a special night that makes us very different from all carnivals because today is our regional night, when we diplay our roots as Yucatecans.”

It is a different party and it is done preserve the roots of culture in Yucatan, like its music.

Unlike the other days, Monday was in typical costume, the men in guayaberas and white pants, the women in their dresses called huipiles, with multicolored embroidery and adorned with jewelry.

Gloria González Lara, of Yucatan, commented: “Very beautiful, very beautiful and very colorful because we are representing our state that is Yucatan.”

All in white, mestizos and mestizas distributed in 76 comparsas, performed their best choreographies to the rhythm of traditional dances such as jaranas and trova.